Chapter 635: Why did you bring only a few people to suppress the bandits?

The young master, dressed in white mourning clothes, welcomed people into the house: "Dear distinguished guests, are you sent by the capital to suppress bandits? Please come in quickly!"

When everyone entered the house, they saw white everywhere. A funeral shed was set up in the yard, and more than a dozen people were kneeling on the ground and crying in front of a coffin.

Mo Beihan glanced over there and asked, "Is your house holding a funeral?"

The young master looked sad: "My father led the villagers to resist the Japanese yesterday and was unfortunately killed. I am his second son, and my name is Liu Wenwen. I wonder who you are...?"

"My master's surname is Mo. He is the prince of Dingbei. On the order of the emperor, he came to help suppress the bandits."

Mu Er stepped forward and introduced his master.

When Liu Wenwen heard this, he quickly bowed deeply and said, "I have met the Crown Prince! I'm sorry that I missed you from afar. Please forgive me, Crown Prince!"

Mo Beihan waved his hand: "No problem, Mr. Liu, please take us there first to pay homage to your father!"

"How can this happen? You are the eldest son..."

"The dead are the greatest, let's go!"

Liu Wenwen hurriedly brought the person over.

After paying homage to the deceased, Mr. Liu took these distinguished guests from afar to a side hall, where his servants served tea and vegetarian cakes.

"Mr. Liu, now that your father has passed away, who will take over the position of mayor?"

"What happened to my father just yesterday, I have sent someone to report the situation here to the county magistrate. Before the county magistrate appoints a new mayor, I will temporarily act as the mayor."

"Well, I hope you can tell us more about the Japanese pirates."

"If the prince wants to know anything, Xiaosheng will tell him one by one."

Mo Beihan asked the question that Qiao Ran had just asked the Mipu woman again, and got the same answer.

Mu Er couldn't help but ask: "The Japanese come so frequently, why don't you move away?"

Liu Wenwen smiled bitterly: "Some businesses and large families in the town have moved away. The remaining ones are all native fishermen. They have made a living by fishing for generations. They have no money and no food. Where can they move? My father is a The leader of a town cannot leave the villagers behind and try to escape. In the past several Japanese attacks, my father led everyone to drive them away. However, those Japanese who were driven away would come again, and they were getting worse every time. There are so many people, and if you don’t come, I’m afraid we won’t be able to hold on.”

"How many people are there in Tongnan Town? Why can't they defeat those hundreds of Japanese?"

"We are just a small town with a small population. It is mainly located in the fishing villages on the seaside. The people are too scattered and difficult to concentrate. Those Japanese have long knives, long swords, and bows and arrows, but we have no weapons at hand. Moreover, Those people were very cunning. They usually sneaked ashore in the afternoon or evening, and then broke into the fishermen's houses on the beach. They killed the men and captured the women and children. Every time they came, several families were always in trouble. Recently, these two They became more and more bold every time, and they all came to the town to burn, kill and loot. I estimated that there would be more than two hundred people next time they came. I was still thinking about how to organize everyone to fight against the Japanese. Unfortunately, after thinking about it for a whole night, I couldn't I didn’t come up with any good ideas, but luckily you guys are here! Your Majesty, how many of you are here? You should be able to drive these Japanese away, right?"

Liu Wenwen looked at Prince Mo eagerly. When he thought about it, if a prince of the royal family came to suppress bandits under an order, even if he did not bring tens of thousands of troops, he would have thousands of soldiers, right?

There were only one or two hundred Japanese pirates, and they would definitely be frightened and run away in front of a well-trained army.

However, the prince's words instantly cooled his fiery heart with a ladle of cold water.

"There are only a dozen of us, and two more are helping out at the rice shop in front. We will be here soon."

"A dozen people?"

Liu Wenwen was stunned for a moment.

What can a dozen people do? How could a prince of a royal family bring more than a dozen people to suppress bandits?

Could it be that the person in the palace was perfunctory and just sent this so-called prince to show off his kindness and love for the people?

This group of people came early and late, and they came just when the Japanese had just retreated.

I guess they have inquired about the situation, calculated the time, come here to pretend for a day or two, and then evacuated before the Japanese invaded next time, right?

Thinking of this, Liu Wenzhang's full hopes turned into disappointment. When he looked at the distinguished guests in front of him, he no longer looked as respectful as before.

"Since the prince has come from afar, please stay in the mansion for a day or two. Don't worry, the Japanese just came yesterday and probably won't come again in the next two days. I'll ask my servants to pack up some of the rooms for you. .”

Liu Wenwen said that he was about to go out.

He didn't want to waste time entertaining these "distinguished guests".

As expected, he is an honored guest. He is too expensive. It is better to entertain him for two days and then send him away!

As for how to repel the Japanese, he had better think carefully about the method himself!

Qiao Ran followed Mo Beihan and remained silent.

At this moment, when I saw Mr. Liu, his attitude changed immediately after hearing that there were only a dozen people coming, and I guessed what he was thinking.

She smiled and called Liu Wenwen:

"Mr. Liu, although there are only a dozen of us, we are all masters who can fight one against ten, and we can easily deal with a mere two hundred bandits. Don't worry, next time those Japanese come again, we will take action. But, What we need is not only to kill these invading Japanese, but the most important thing is to find the lair of these people, catch them all, and eliminate future troubles forever. I wonder if the island closest to here on the sea may be where these Japanese live temporarily. Lair?"

When Liu Wenwen heard that this person was so loud, he couldn't help but turn around and looked at the little man with some helplessness and disappointment:

"This young master is joking. The Japanese are not ordinary bandits. They have sophisticated weapons, and are very ferocious by nature. They are not afraid of death. Even if you are all practicing masters, it is impossible to compare one to ten. As for those Japanese We don’t know their home base, but we also guess that it should be on the nearest islands. Therefore, for more than a month, everyone has not dared to go fishing for fear of running into those Japanese bandits, so there is no way to go anywhere. I'm back."

Seeing that Liu Wenwen didn't believe what he said, Qiao Ran didn't say anything more. She looked at Mr. Mo and both of them had a plan in mind.

It seemed that Liu Wenzhang didn't know much about the situation, so they still had to look for clues on their own.

In short, their purpose of coming to suppress the bandits this time is to eradicate all future troubles, and they will never let go of the ferocious Japanese bandits.

In the evening, as the sun set, everyone in the Liu Mansion buried Liu Wenwen's father.

Qiao Ran and the others stayed in the Liu Mansion for one night, and there were only three wing rooms allocated to them.

It was originally said that the eighteen of them would be divided into six people to a private room, but Mr. Mo, Mu Er and others knew that Qiao Ran was a woman, so naturally they could not live in the same room with her.

In the end, Mo Shizi, who never liked sleeping in the same room with others, could only share a room with Mu Er and six other guards. The other ten guards crowded into another room, leaving a smaller wing room free. Let Qiao Ran sleep alone.

Early the next morning, it was just dawn and Liu's servants had just woken up to make breakfast. While the master was still asleep, Mu Er had already led a group of guards in the yard to start exercising.